Friday Facts and Figures is a weekly newsletter with data points, analysis, and commentary on the biggest policy debates in New Jersey and beyond. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: January 3, 2020 January 3, 2020 New year, new laws, new minimum wage! Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: December 20, 2019 December 20, 2019 Driver's license expansion is law of the land! Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: December 13, 2019 December 13, 2019 Major legislation, including driver's license expansion and expungement reform, advancing in lame duck. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: December 6, 2019 December 6, 2019 Trump administration proposes new rules to limit basic food assistance and strip tipped workers of labor protections. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: November 29, 2019 November 29, 2019 New Jersey on track to expand the right to vote to people on probation and parole. Vote scheduled for driver's license expansion bill. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: November 22, 2019 November 22, 2019 Legalization up in smoke. Lawmakers seek to protect workers in the gig economy. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: November 15, 2019 November 15, 2019 The minimum wage will continue to rise. New bills would expand and strengthen the EITC. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: November 8, 2019 November 8, 2019 New proposal would roll back $15 minimum wage. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: November 1, 2019 November 1, 2019 Open enrollment starts today. More outreach needed to reach uninsured kids. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: October 25, 2019 October 25, 2019 American Dream Mall finally opens—with the help of more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: October 18, 2019 October 18, 2019 Track Changes uncover more fraud in the state's corporate subsidy programs. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: October 11, 2019 October 11, 2019 Fake wrestling comes at a real cost. The 400 wealthiest families pay a lower tax rate than you do. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: October 4, 2019 October 4, 2019 Phantom property taxes used to boost corporate subsidies. Many workers left behind by Trump administration's OT rule. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: September 27, 2019 September 27, 2019 FBI investigates New Jersey's corporate tax breaks. Inequality continues to rise. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: September 20, 2019 September 20, 2019 New Jersey's corporate subsidies are a national outlier. Some high profile tax breaks still on hold. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: September 13, 2019 September 13, 2019 EDA-subsidized jobs not going to Camden residents. Number of uninsured Americans climbs. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: September 6, 2019 September 6, 2019 Experts pan corporate subsidies. More must be done to combat poverty and child hunger. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: August 30, 2019 August 30, 2019 Gov. Murphy vetoes corporate subsidy extension. Newark to replace lead pipes. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: August 23, 2019 August 23, 2019 Immigrants contribute billions to state and local taxes. Student debt is on the rise. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: August 16, 2019 August 16, 2019 Kansas and Missouri entered a corporate subsidy ceasefire. Could New Jersey be next? Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: August 9, 2019 August 9, 2019 Corporate subsidy law may have killed a supermarket in Camden. Wages are rising faster than ever before. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: August 2, 2019 August 2, 2019 EDA is holding off corporate subsidy payments. PATH making big investment to improve rail service. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: July 26, 2019 July 26, 2019 New Jersey pushes back against wage theft and the gender pay gap. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: July 19, 2019 July 19, 2019 House of Representatives passes $15 minimum wage bill. New Jersey's unemployment hits record low. Friday Facts and Figures Friday Facts and Figures: July 12, 2019 July 12, 2019 Tax abatements are squeezing Camden's budget. Another company failed to disclose info in tax subsidy application. 1 2 3 4 5